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The warriors deflect Penn State to advance to the NCAA semi -final

The warriors deflect Penn State to advance to the NCAA semi -final

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Columbus, Ohio – Back at the location of a national championship, the volleyball team of the Men of the University of Hawaii in the quarterfinals of the National Collegiate Men's volleyball championship on Thursday in the Covelli Center in Columbus, Ohio, was set after a third title with a four-set win against Penn State.
After the Rainbow Warriors followed eight with the second seed at the beginning of the opening set, they held Nittany Lions No. 7 on the way to a 25-19, 21-25, 25-23, 25-23 victory.
The Rainbow Warriors (27-5) competed against UCLA (21-6) in a semi-final game on Saturday at 8 p.m. Ost time (2 p.m. Hawai'i time). The Bruins swept the Belmont Abbey in the first quarter -final game on Thursday. In their first meeting, UH and UCLA have been added to their famous rivalry
Uh newcomer Finn Kearney led the Warriors with 16 kills and fired a high season of four aces, three came in the opening set. Medium blocker Justin Todd And Kurt Nusterer Combined for 17 kills .667 beat and goods in seven of UHS 10 blocks.
Todd ended eight kills in 10 error -free experiments, including Match Point, and also contributed two aces and four blocks. Nusterer, a senior from Indianapolis, added nine kills to 14 fluctuations, while he hit 0.571 and had three blocks in his return to the middle west.
Outside Hitter Louis Sakanoko Also nine kills and delivered three aces, two in the fourth set, to help the Warriors close the game. All-America Setter Profile Rosenthal Distributed 38 templates and put five kills away.

The NCAA crown in 2021 conquered in the Covelli Center and opened the 10 of the programTH Appearance at the national championship tournament with his second victory against Penn State this season. The Warriors swept the Nittany Lions on March 14th in the boom invitation and managed to ward off the bid on Thursday on Thursday.
Penn State scored the first six points of the game before Nusterer Uh got on the board. The attack by Nittany Lions started 7 for 8 without mistakes and their leadership grew to 11: 3. After UH opened a three-point pillow, Penn State tied the set again with 17-17. But uh went on an increase in 8-2 to withdraw and closed the set, which met 0.367 on Penn State's .148.
Penn State made a lead from 16 to 14 in the middle of the second set and built a lead from 21 to 16. The Nittany Lions led 23-18 after the eighth attack error of the set of UH. There was two setpoint points against Kills from Nusterer and Kearney, but Penn State even ended the set for the game.
Penn State took another lead at the beginning of the third set before UH went on the way with a 5-1 run with a 5: 1 run. The Warriors went up and took the lead with 21: 18 when Sakanoko landed an ace before defending Penn State. The Nittany Lions replied to bind the set with 22-22. After an attack by Penn State had sailed for a long time, Rosenthal shot another ace to give UH. Penn State stayed alive for one point, but Nusterer divided the block for his sixth kill to end the set.

The fourth set was tight again and Sakanoko pushed forward with 18-17 with two consecutive aces at UH. There were five ties before UH assumed 23-22 a penn status error. Todd and Sakanoko then combined on a block that was confirmed after a review to give UH -Match point. After a Penn State Kill and a UH -time overwriting, Todd hammered his last kill to close the match.

Matthew Luoma von Penn State led the Nittany Lions with 17 kills and wants to add 11 kills to Kuhns.

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